Risk Management

Asset protection for physicians takes many forms. Recent events involving sexual harassment are a risk every doctor must protect against.

Before buying life insurance, physicians need to consider a plethora of factors. Here are the most important of the bunch.

A recent kickback case against a spine surgeon and his fiancée underscores the importance of physicians understanding of anti-kickback and Stark laws.

Two recently settled cases can serve as important lessons for physicians on the proper methods of successful asset protection.

With hurricane season in full effect, an asset protection specialist gives his advice on protecting your professional assets in the event of a natural disaster.

This doctor shares her experience from a terrible thunderstorm and what happens when IT systems go down.

A financial expert explains how a physicians financial planning is often different from that of the average American due to complexity and a compressed timeline.

When investing in real estate, there are several common, but often overlooked, practices that physicians should abide by.

It's almost back to school time for most of America. Doctors need to be aware of seasonal issues and manage risks whether they have children or not.

Outside of a basic set of best practices and common risks, asset protection plans are as fact specific as the care you give your patients.

A lot of things can lead to a malpractice lawsuit. Here are 10 mistakes seen by an attorney with experience in helping docs avoid suits in the first place.

A continued look at a two-physician couple and the multi-million dollar difference a complete risk-management planning update made to their family.

Healthcare organizations are perfect candidates for cyber-attacks, practices need to step-up and meet protection challenges.

Asset protection and risk management tips to help physicians stay up to date in an area where one misstep could prove costly.

Without asset protection, physicians face a litany of risks in both their personal and professional lives.

Today, physicians have no choice but to deal with online reviews, leveraging them the correct way is the tricky part.

Colorado is one of only six states that doesn't require doctors to undergo criminal records checks, but change is on the way.

Social media is a must for practices to engage patients in today's day and age. So a governance program is essential.

Prescribing more medication to a patient isn't always the answer and can be dangerous, as this doctor recently learned.

While employed physicians often cannot accept samples in their practice, this independent doctor can and does, to help his patients in need.

Physicians are first concerned with treating patients. But they are also business owners. It is a mistake not to review potential areas of risk.

Getting your medical practice ready for the challenges the New Year will bring should start now. Here are some areas to review.

A recent study suggests that physicians differ in their approach to emotionally charged issues, like abortion, based on political affiliation.

I won't talk a patient into treatment, yet, I do have a superior level of expertise. My goal is that patients understand risk, benefit, and alternatives.

Copy and paste can speed up patient charting in the EHR, but physicians and staff must be wary of propagating errors. Here are key factors to consider.